Category Archives: Transportation

PRIVATIZING THE DULLES TOLL ROAD? Today, The Post reported that a group of area road builders have proposed leasing the Dulles Toll Road for fifty years. Their price is $1,000,000,000 and they would get to keep all revenues. Virginia could use the windfall to help finance the Dulles Metro line, which sounds great, but color

D.C. Plans River Ferry Experiment – The PostCommuter Runs Would Start in ’06It looks like there will be ferry service to D.C. starting next year with the routes to be determined. I am a bit skeptical this can work for commuters just trying to get across the river because there has to be a way

Road Project to Ease Sousa Bridge Jams – The PostBypass to Divert Commuter TrafficD.C. is going to build a complete interchange between SE Freeway eastbound and the Anacostia Freeway northbound (and vice-versa). This will make it possible to drive from the 14th Street Bridge to the B/W Parkway without having to stop for a traffic

Bike on the old turnpike – Public Opinion, Chambersburg, Penna.A convergence of interests — bicycling, highways, and history (and bad puns — again) have been brought to my attention by one of the entertainment sites that I helped develop for a newspaper. Near Breezewood, Penna. there is an original section of Pennsylvania Turnpike that was